Re: Pedals - advice please

"Trevor Pavitt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8mhfa6$r4e$[email hidden]... > My son was so scathing about my prehistoric Thrustmaster wheel that hesent > me a brand, spanking new Logitech WingMan FF wheel complete with pedals. I > play GPL almost exclusively and my old wheel only had > hand-operated throttle and brake. > Obviously the FF wheel was a whole new experience and I revelled in the > realism of it. It took me a bit of time to get used to using pedals butthis > has now become instinctive however *I still can't approach my times withthe > old wheel* (for example I *was* in the low 3:24s at Spa but now I'm luckyto > get under 3:30 in the Eagle. > Some corners at Spa I find easier with FF - the La Carri�re section for > instance - and I love the way you can feel the front end wash out at > Burnenville so I don't think the FF is my problem, it's the lack of "feel" > in the brakes. Obviously, in a real car you get all sorts of indicators as > to how hard you are braking but, on a sim there's nothing (until you lockup > of course). It may just be a matter of track time with the new setup but > does anybody have any advice? > > Just for the record mine is the latest model WingMan, I use split axes,very > linear steering left-foot braking. > > Cheers, > -- > Trevor What a good son you have! You can replace the spring under the brake pedal with a stiffer one, they cost about 2 dollars and can be found in most hardware stores.. Others have cut a squash or tennis ball in half and wedged it under the brake pedal to give a more realistic feel. You could replace the pedals with a set from CH (cheap), TSW (expensive) or any other pedal set you can find laying about. I switched to the LWFF from the same TM wheel and spent 2 or 3 weeks with it before I was matching my previous times, but I don't accept change very well, so my ex-wife says<g>. -- don New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/index.htm

My son was so scathing about my prehistoric Thrustmaster wheel that he sent me a brand, spanking new Logitech WingMan FF wheel complete with pedals. I play GPL almost exclusively and my old wheel only had hand-operated throttle and brake. Obviously the FF wheel was a whole new experience and I revelled in the realism of it. It took me a bit of time to get used to using pedals but this has now become instinctive however *I still can't approach my times with the old wheel* (for example I *was* in the low 3:24s at Spa but now I'm lucky to get under 3:30 in the Eagle. Some corners at Spa I find easier with FF - the La Carri�re section for instance - and I love the way you can feel the front end wash out at Burnenville so I don't think the FF is my problem, it's the lack of "feel" in the brakes. Obviously, in a real car you get all sorts of indicators as to how hard you are braking but, on a sim there's nothing (until you lock up of course). It may just be a matter of track time with the new setup but does anybody have any advice? Just for the record mine is the latest model WingMan, I use split axes, very linear steering left-foot braking. Cheers, -- Trevor

"don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> escribi� en el mensaje news:8mhgai$1tf$[email hidden]... > > "Trevor Pavitt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8mhfa6$r4e$[email hidden]... > > My son was so scathing about my prehistoric Thrustmaster wheel that he > sent > > me a brand, spanking new Logitech WingMan FF wheel complete with pedals.I

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> > play GPL almost exclusively and my old wheel only had > > hand-operated throttle and brake. > > Obviously the FF wheel was a whole new experience and I revelled in the > > realism of it. It took me a bit of time to get used to using pedals but > this > > has now become instinctive however *I still can't approach my times with > What a good son you have! > > You can replace the spring under the brake pedal with a stiffer one, they > cost about 2 dollars and can be found in most hardware stores.. Others

have > cut a squash or tennis ball in half and wedged it under the brake pedal to > give a more realistic feel. You could replace the pedals with a set fromCH > (cheap), TSW (expensive) or any other pedal set you can find laying about. > > I switched to the LWFF from the same TM wheel and spent 2 or 3 weeks withit > before I was matching my previous times, but I don't accept change very > well, so my ex-wife says<g>. > > -- > don When I was searching for a replacement for the spring, I found one, from a radio controlled off-road car, that is progressive and this is a big improvement, because you can fell the spring get hard And I've read the advice about the doorstop an I thinked a better way (actually I'm using this) get a block of wood or plastic drill a hole (about 10-12 mm diameter) and fill it with silicone sealer, let pass six hours, then extract the new "doorstop" and put it into the spring, playing with diameter and lenght you can set a custom progressive brake. Hope it helps Diego